Journal of Material Culture
AHCI-ISI SCOPUS (1996-2025)SSCI-ISI
1359-1835
1460-3586
Anh Quốc
Cơ quản chủ quản: SAGE Publications Ltd
Lĩnh vực:
AnthropologyArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Archeology
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The ‘Casser Maison’ Ritual
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This paper addresses the relationship between mobility, ageing and death in an
urban housing market from a material culture perspective. It examines a
divestment ritual performed by elderly people in Montreal (Canada) on the
occasion of a move from a home on their own to a care environment. This move
which is often a move into a smaller place and a smaller set of things is also
accompanied by the ...
Air Conditioning and the Material Culture of Routine Human Encasement
Tập 13 Số 3 - Trang 251-265 - 2008
There are many factors shaping the relationship between human bodies and their
immediate environments and the mechanical control of ambient thermal conditions
is playing an increasingly important part. It is with this in mind that this
article travels to the tropical island of Singapore where the assumption that
the air surrounding people should generally be cooled has quietly become
entrenched. S...
Domestic Boundaries
Tập 10 Số 2 - Trang 157-176 - 2005
The article presents an exploration of domestic borders in the Norwegian town of
Skien. Differences between homes may be minimal, however the differentiation
between homes, can occasionally, be marked (Wallman, 1978: 203). This
observation has relevance for Norwegian and Somali households whereby
perceptions of domestic boundaries, visibility and definitions of privacy are
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